Police shoots black man

Chicago - A Texas prosecutor said Monday a white cop could face murder charges for apparently mistaking a black man's apartment for her own, and shooting him dead before realizing her mistake. The revelation came as criticism swirled over the police handling of the incident. The victim's family accused investigators of dragging their feet in arresting the officer and of not providing them with enough information. Amber Guyger, of the Dallas Police Department, was arrested Sunday and charged with manslaughter. She was later released on $300,000 bail. Guyger is accused of entering the apartment of her 26-year-old neighbour Botham Shem Jean on Thursday night, after she returned home at the end of her shift. She allegedly mistook Jean's apartment for her own home, which was one floor below in the Dallas complex. Guyger fatally shot Jean thinking he was an intruder, police said. The manslaughter charge came under scrutiny Monday, as Dallas's chief prosecutor hinted at potentially higher … [Read more...] about US policewoman charged for shooting black man in wrong apartment

CHICAGO: A white Texas police officer who entered an apartment mistaking it for her own and shot dead the black man who lived there was arrested on manslaughter charges.Officer Amber Guyger with the Dallas Police Department was arrested Sunday (Sep 9) and booked into the county jail, the Texas Department of Public Safety said.At the end of her shift and still in uniform, Guyger entered the apartment in a complex near downtown Dallas late Thursday and shot a man who she thought was an intruder, police said.Minutes after shooting she called emergency services and told responding officers that she thought she had entered her own apartment.The victim, an African-American, was identified as Botham Shem Jean, 26, an immigrant from the Caribbean island nation of Saint Lucia.Jean had graduated from a private Christian college in the state of Arkansas in 2016 and had since been working at the accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers in Dallas.WRONG FLOOR, OPEN DOORAccording to the Dallas Morning … [Read more...] about US police woman held for shooting black man in his apartment

By Ryan Tarinelli The Associated Press Ken Miller Sun., Sept. 9, 2018 DALLAS—A white Dallas police officer was arrested Sunday on a manslaughter warrant in the shooting of a Black man at his home, Texas authorities said. The Texas Department of Public Safety said that Officer Amber Guyger was booked into the Kaufman County Jail and that the investigation is ongoing. The 30-year-old Guyger fatally shot 26-year-old Botham Jean on Thursday. Lawyers for Jean’s family had been calling for Guyger’s arrest, saying the fact that she had remained free days after the shooting showed she was receiving favourable treatment. Guyger is a four-year veteran of the police force. The Dallas Police Department released her name Saturday night. Police Chief U. Renee Hall said the day after the shooting that her department was seeking manslaughter charges against Guyger. But she said Saturday that the Texas Rangers, who have taken over the investigation, asked her … [Read more...] about White Dallas police officer accused of shooting Black man arrested on manslaughter warrant

By JOSE A. DEL REAL The New York Times Wed., March 28, 2018 SACRAMENTO, CALIF.—Hundreds of protesters temporarily took over the main foyer at Sacramento City Hall on Tuesday evening to protest the death of Stephon Clark, who was fatally shot by two Sacramento police officers last week in his grandmother’s backyard while they investigated a vandalism complaint. The City Council held a special meeting Tuesday evening to hear public comments about the shooting; it was a night of tears for many, and a night of rage for others. As Black community leaders explained their frustrations to the city’s leadership within the council’s public chamber — which proceeded largely uninterrupted — about 300 protesters outside in the foyer chanted raucously for about an hour, while police officers clad in riot gear looked on. “You shoot us down, we shut you down!” they shouted. At the top of the meeting, Mayor Darrell Steinberg spoke … [Read more...] about ‘Shoot us down, we shut you down!’ Protesters take over Sacramento city hall after police kill Black man in backyard

WASHINGTON: Louisiana's attorney general announced on Tuesday that two police officers will not face any charges in the 2016 shooting death of an African-American man in the southern US state, which sparked widespread protests. California's state justice department meanwhile announced that it will oversee an investigation into another controversial police shooting — that of an unarmed black man in Sacramento. The two cases have revived concerns about police misconduct — fatal shootings of African-American suspects in recent years have fueled a nationwide debate over race and criminal justice. Alton Sterling, 37, was shot dead in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on July 5, 2016, in a scuffle with police outside a convenience store where he had been selling CDs. The shooting was captured on cell phone video. The state's attorney general Jeff Landry told a press conference that no legal action would be taken against officers Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake, both of whom are white. "Our … [Read more...] about No charges in police shooting of black man in Louisiana